SYDNEY, Australia-Australian telecom carrier Telstra Corp. said it appointed Solomon (Sol) Trujillo chief executive officer and as an executive director of the company beginning July 1. He will replace Dr. Ziggy Switkowski, who will step down July 1. Trujillo was most recently CEO of...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australian telecom carrier Telstra Corp. said it appointed Solomon (Sol) Trujillo chief executive officer and as an executive director of the company beginning July 1. He will replace Dr. Ziggy Switkowski, who will step down July 1.Trujillo was most recently CEO of European...
SYDNEY, Australia-Broadcast Australia subsidiary The Bridge Networks will team with Telstra on a year-long trial of Australia's first multi-channel mobile TV service using digital video broadcast for handheld (DVB-H) technology.Harris Broadcast Systems, a Cincinnati-based communications company, will provide transmission equipment for the transmissions, which...
SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corp. said it plans to launch a fixed short message service early next year. Telstra has a branded SMS-capable phone on sale in Australia for the service, it said. "Next year's launch of fixed SMS is set to revolutionize the way Australians...
SYDNEY-Australian wireless carriers Optus and Vodafone Australia formalized an agreement first announced in August to share third-generation network sites and infrastructure across Australia. The carriers plan to share more than 2,000 base stations nationally, and the network is scheduled to launch in the third...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's largest wireless carrier Telstra Corp. launched Telstra Mobile Broadband, a 1 EV-DO service. The carrier said the service offers broadband-equivalent speeds with average data speeds of 300 to 600 kilobits per second, bursting to a maximum of 2.4 megabits per second.The service...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian operator Telstra Corp. said it launched i-mode services based on technology from Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc.The content service offers Telstra customers access to a wide range of Internet services such as shopping, entertainment, banking and e-mail, Telstra said. The service includes...
SYDNEY, Australia-The first third-generation network-sharing agreement in Australia was announced between Telstra Corp. and Hutchison 3G Australia under a $316 million deal.The companies will establish a jointly owned venture to own and operate Hutchsion 3G's existing 3G network and fund future network development. Under...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian carrier Telstra said it plans to boost network capacity and enable high-speed services in capital cities across the country, using Nortel Networks CDMA2000 1x EV-DO equipment."With CDMA20000 1x EV-DO, Telstra will be in a position to offer Australian businesses mobile broadband, which...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's leading wireless carrier said it will license i-mode technology from NTT DoCoMo Inc. in the Japanese carrier's ninth partnership for the wireless Internet technology.Telstra is licensing the i-mode brand, technology and patents. Financial details were not disclosed."Telstra will work with content partners...
SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra, the largest mobile operator in Australia, said it will launch push-to-talk services in June following a trial that included 12 Telstra business and government customers using 60 handsets. The carrier will first launch the service on its GSM network, with a CDMA...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australian mobile operators Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale announced a network partnering trial that will see the operators share mobile base station infrastructure in areas where duplicate coverage exists.If the pilot project in central regional Victoria is successful, Vodafone will move forward with...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens announced that Australia's Telstra has selected a solution from Siemens and Juniper Networks to provide new public wireless local area network services. The new hot spots will enable Internet access for business travelers and consumers and will be offered in public areas,...
ATLANTA-Numerex Corp. announced its Australian subsidiary DCX Systems Inc. will partner with Telstra to expand the availability of its Securitel service, a derived channel based alarm security service.Under the five-year agreement, DCX will provide Telstra with the hardware and exchange equipment needed to expand...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Australian carrier Telstra has launched its cdma2000 1x network with a number of applications developed for Qualcomm's BREW platform.The applications include Summus Inc.'s billiards game Nineball, photo-sharing Exego and Ultimate Golf Challenge and they are powered by Summus' Bluefuel solution. The other applications...
CANNES, France-ICQ, an instant messaging and online community owned by America Online Inc., announced it is working with wireless carriers across the world to extend its services to mobile users.ICQ (pronounced "I seek you") said it is working with Cellcom in Israel, E-Plus of...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Australia's Telstra Corp. Ltd. announced Sun Microsystems Inc. will provide technology solutions and services for Telstra's new technology environment.Telstra is developing the new technology environment to lower costs for developers and businesses around the world so they can more quickly deploy online...
LONDON—British Telecommunications plc agreed to sell Clear Communications, its wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary, to TelstraSaturn for $181 million in cash. Clear Communications purchased third-generation spectrum in New Zealand earlier this year.BT said the sale was part of its strategy to refocus on its...
MELBOURNE, Australia—Australian wireless carrier Telstra Corp. quickly backtracked on a plan to push advertisements to its subscribers after Australia's communications minister harshly criticized the move.Telstra recently sent its MobileNet subscribers a message advertising a new service. Customers were charged 12 cents to open the...
MELBOURNE, Australia—Australian wireless carrier Telstra Corp. quickly backtracked on a plan to push advertisements to its subscribers after Australia's communications minister harshly criticized the move.Telstra recently sent its MobileNet subscribers a message advertising a new service. Customers were charged 12 cents to open the...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's Telstra Corp. and Hong Kong's Pacific Century CyberWorks released details regarding their previously announced alliance to establish a mobile company and an Asian Internet Protocol network.The announcement follows the completion of PCCW's merger with Cable & Wireless HKT, the Hong Kong mobile...
ChinaChinese Internet portal Sohu.com said its content will be expanded to mobile networks in several Chinese provinces. The content, including news, stock quotes, travel information and weather data, is used today by operators in nine provinces. China has experienced only lackluster wireless Internet use,...
SYDNEY, Australia-Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd. joined three Australian mobile phone incumbents in securing spectrum in the 1800 MHz band. Proceeds of the spectrum auction totaled more than $809.5 million for the Australian government, with One.Tel Ltd., Telstra Corp. and Vodafone AirTouch plc also receiving...
SYDNEY, Australia-After four rounds and two days of bidding for Australia's 1800 MHz wireless phone licenses, the total of standing high bids was $64.4 million. The licenses will provide extra network capacity in the country's five largest cities.According to the Australian Communications Authority, the...
